Dell T5600 - Page 8

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Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013
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C.) Required system BIOS settings for AVID environments:
Hyper-Threading Setting:
Please Note: CPU Hyper-threading should be enabled in all configurations per the chart below. It is
currently enabled by default by Dell for shipping T5600’s with BIOS ver A.04 or earlier
Hyper-Threading Setting
Software Version
Dual 6-core CPU
Dual 8-core CPU
Media Composer 6.x/7.x
Symphony 6.x/7.x
NewsCutter 10.x/11.x
Enabled (Mandatory)
Enabled (Mandatory)
T7600 Required system BIOS changes:
1. Verify CPU Processors are set to Hyper-Threading – Set per chart above. Current version
BIOS vA.04 has Hyper-Threading enabled by default
2. Set Turbo boost – Disable
3. Set C State Control - Disable
4. Set hyper thread - Enable
Set T5600 Required system BIOS changes:
- During boot up press F12 at the Dell splash screen to invoke Set Up.
- Select the Performance tab
- Select Processor
- Select Hyper-Threading
- Verify setting is Enable
 If Hyper-Threading is set for Disable then it must be changed to Enable
- Select Turbo Boost-Disable
- Select C State Control-Disable
- In the bottom right corner select accept
- Exit system reboots